Paddy Considine | |
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.jpg) Considine in 2023 | |
| Born | Patrick George Considine (1973-09-05)5 September 1973 (age 52) |
| Education | University of Brighton (BA) |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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| Children | 3 |
Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and musician. He is known for playingantiheroes inindependent films. He has received twoBritish Academy Film Awards, threeEvening Standard British Film Awards,British Independent Film Awards, and aSilver Lion for Best Short Film at the2007 Venice Film Festival.
His first major onscreen appearance was in his first collaboration with filmmaker/directorShane Meadows,A Room for Romeo Brass (1999), and he then played Alfie inPaweł Pawlikowski'sLast Resort (2000). Other credits includeDoctor Sleep (2002),24 Hour Party People (2002),In America (2003),My Summer of Love (2004), andDead Man's Shoes (2004), winning the 2005Empire Award for Best British Actor and a nomination for theBIFA for Best Actor. He wrote and directedDog Altogether (2007), winning aBAFTA Award for Best Short Film, and its 2011 feature film adaptationTyrannosaur which wonBAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He directed and starred inJourneyman.
On stage, Considine receivedOlivier Awards andTony Award nominations as Best Actor in 2018 and 2019 for his performances inThe Ferryman at theRoyal Court Theatre, at theGielgud Theatre, and at theBernard B. Jacobs Theatre onBroadway. On television, Considine has been lead inPu-239 (2006),My Zinc Bed (2008),Red Riding (2009),Informer (2018), andThe Suspicions of Mr Whicher series of television films (2013–2014). Other television credits includePeaky Blinders (2016),The Outsider (2020),The Third Day (2020), and most notably he played a lead role as KingViserys I Targaryen inHouse of the Dragon (2022–2024).
Considine was born inBurton upon Trent, Staffordshire, where he still resides.[1][2] He was the youngest of six children,[3] and grew up with his brother and four sisters in a council estate inWinshill, a village of Burton.[2][4] His father, Martin Joseph Considine, was Irish.[5] Considine has said that his father (who died in 2006) didn't work and had a reputation on the estate for being violent.[3]
Considine attended, among other schools,Abbot Beyne Senior School andBurton College. In 1990, he enrolled to do a National Diploma in Performing Arts at Burton College, where he first metShane Meadows.[1][6][7]
In 1994, Considine moved away to study photography at theUniversity of Brighton. While there he studied under social documentarianPaul Reas, who described one project, portraits of Considine's parents in their house in Winshill, as "fucking brilliant".[2] At one point, Considine was threatened with expulsion, but graduated with a first-class BA.[1][2]
After graduating from university, Meadows cast Considine in several short films, as well as his second film,A Room for Romeo Brass (1999). Considine, in his screen debut, played the disturbed character Morell.[8] Considine's performance in the film led toPaweł Pawlikowski casting him in his first starring role inLast Resort (2000). Considine played the lead role as love-struck misfit Alfie, for which he won the Best Actor award at theThessaloniki Film Festival.[9] Considine increased his profile during the early to mid-2000s with supporting and starring roles in cult films such as24 Hour Party People andIn America.
In 2004, Considine starred in what was then the most significant role of his career, as Richard in Meadows' revenge filmDead Man's Shoes (2004), a film he cowrote[10][8] and for which he won the Best British Actor Award at the 2005Empire Awards.[8] In the same year, he starred inMy Summer of Love, his second film with director Paweł Pawlikowski. Both films were recognised on the award circuit, where Considine earned five nominations and two wins. The following year, Considine played Frank Thorogood (the suspected murderer ofRolling Stones co-founderBrian Jones) inStoned (2005). It was around this time that Considine earned his reputation as a popular portrayer of cinema villains, antiheroes, and darker characters. 2005 also saw the release of Considine's second Hollywood film,Cinderella Man.[11]
Considine appeared in the Spanish thrillerBosque de Sombras (2006). It was during the filming of this that Considine penned what later became his debut short,Dog Altogether. Considine claims that it was his co-starGary Oldman who gave him the confidence to make the film, which led to him thanking Oldman during hisBAFTA acceptance speech. In 2006, he starred inPu-239 as Timofey Berezin, a worker at a Russian nuclear facility who gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In 2007, Considine landed roles in two popular big-budget films; the third film in theBourne Trilogy film series,The Bourne Ultimatum, in which he played newspaper reporter Simon Ross,[10] andHot Fuzz, in which he had his first comedic role as DS Andy Wainwright. In 2008, Considine starred inMy Zinc Bed a TV film forBBC /HBO. In 2009, he starred as Peter Hunter in the Channel 4 miniseriesRed Riding: 1980, based on the novels byDavid Peace, and another collaboration with Meadows,Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee, a film which was unscripted, adlibbed, and filmed in five days at a cost of £48,000, and which premiered at theEdinburgh International Film Festival.[4]
In 2011, Considine starred in afilm adaptation ofJoe Dunthorne's bookSubmarine, whichRichard Ayoade wrote and directed.[12] Also in 2011, Considine appeared as Porter Nash in the adaptation of theKen Bruen novelBlitz, as well as starring asJack Whicher inThe Suspicions of Mr Whicher, written byHelen Edmundson and Neil McKay. In the same year, Considine was briefly reunited with one of hisA Room for Romeo Brass co-stars, BAFTA-winning actressVicky McClure. The two shared the screen in a television advert to promote "Films for Life Season". The ad was shot over two days in Spain.[13]
He has appeared in several music videos, most notably "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" (2002) byColdplay andMoloko's "Familiar Feeling" (2003),[9] as well as theArctic Monkeys track "Leave Before the Lights Come On" (2006), for which he wrote the video.[4]
Considine starred inThe World's End, as one of the "Five Musketeers" reattempting an "epic" pub crawl. Considine previously worked with the cast and crew onHot Fuzz (2007). The film was released in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2013, and the United States on 23 August 2013.[14] In August 2015, Considine confirmed that he was writing the screenplay for the filmJourneyman, in which he will also star. It is an adaptation ofnon-fiction novelThe Years of the Locust byJon Hotten, the true story of a sociopathic boxing promoter, Fat Rick Parker, and his doomed relationship with his naive fighter, Tim Anderson.[15] Considine is also writing a film from a ghost story calledThe Leaning,[16] with plans to direct both films. He will continue to work with Shane Meadows onKing of the Gypsies, a biopic of bare-knuckle fighterBartley Gorman, whom Considine met and became friends with whilst working as a photographer.[10] In 2015, Considine was cast alongGlenn Close andGemma Arterton in the UK zombie film inThe Girl with All the Gifts, based on the 2014 novelThe Girl with All the Gifts byM. R. Carey.[17]
In April 2017, Considine made his professional stage debut inThe Ferryman at theRoyal Court Theatre, ahead of a transfer to theGielgud Theatre in theWest End.[18][19][20] The production transferred to theBernard B. Jacobs Theatre onBroadway, beginning previews on 2 October 2018. The play, which went on to win four Tony Awards, closed on 7 July 2019.[21][22] For his performance as Quinn Carney, Considine gained nominations for best actor at both the Olivier Awards and The Tony Awards.
In 2020, he portrayed Mr Martin in the HBO miniseriesThe Third Day alongside Jude Law.[23] In August 2022, Considine began appearing as King Viserys Targaryen[24] in theGame of Thrones series prequelHouse of the Dragon.[25] Considine will portrayBrendan Ingle in the upcoming biographical sports dramaGiant oppositeMena Massoud asNaseem Hamed.[26]
In 2007, Considine wrote and directed his first short filmDog Altogether, starringPeter Mullan, partially based on Considine's father.Dog Altogether won the2007 BAFTA award forBest Short Film, as well as aSilver Lion for Best Short Film at the2007 Venice Film Festival, aBest British Short at the2007 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), and the Seattle International Film Festival Short Film Jury Award (Narrative Special Jury Prize).[10] He later developed the short into his first feature length directorial debutTyrannosaur with Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan resuming the story of the characters first presented inDog Altogether.Mark Kermode ofBBC Radio 5 Live hailed the film as one of the 11 Best Films of 2011.[27] Kermode went on to award Olivia Colman Best Actress in his own Annual Kermode Awards.[28] She tied withTilda Swinton forWe Need to Talk About Kevin.[28]
By 18 December 2011, the film had won 21 awards from 28 nominations worldwide.The Guardian included the film in its shortlist for the First Film Award for 2012.[29]
When the BAFTA Award nominations were announced on 17 January 2012, the omission of Olivia Colman in the Best Actress category led toglobal trending of both Olivia Colman andTyrannosaur onTwitter.[30] He also won a World Cinema Directing Award for his feature directorial debutTyrannosaur at the 2011Sundance Film Festival.
Considine's follow-up film 2017'sJourneyman was written and directed and starred Considine alongsideJodie Whittaker and, although less well received thanTyrannosaur, it had an impact within the fighting community. Former UFC middleweight championMichael Bisping citedJourneyman as the key driver to his retirement from the sport.[31]
After a short stint during college in a virtual comedy thrash group called 'Grunt', Considine and Shane Meadows formed the bandShe Talks To Angels (inspired by theBlack Crowes song of the same name) with friends Richard Eaton, Simon Hudson, andNick Hemming (later ofThe Leisure Society), with Meadows as vocalist and Considine as drummer.[4] Considine left the band when they became more serious as he thought his drumming was not good enough.[3] The remaining members re-formed, calling themselves Oslo.[citation needed] Appearing on Jools Holland's show, whilst Considine had moved on to study photography at the University of Brighton, where he formed a new group, a Britpop band called Pedestrians.[15]
Considine has said that whilst he feels a lot like an imposter in the film industry, with music he has a sense of belonging and ease and felt is a place where he can express himself.[3]
Considine (vocals), alongside Chris Baldwin (guitar), Dan Baker (guitar), Richard Eaton (bass) and Justin Chambers (drums) formed a rock band calledRiding the Low.[2][32] In 2009, they released anEPThey Will Rob You of Your Gifts,[4][33] and, in 2013, an albumWhat Happened to the Get To Know Ya?
The band's breakthrough performance was in 2014 afterTim Burgess ofthe Charlatans invited them to perform at his curated Tim Peaks Diner event at Festival No 6 inPortmeirion,Wales.[15] Considine had contacted Burgess after reading his bookTelling Stories, to discuss meditation. Considine said that this resulted in Burgess asking them to play at Portmeirion, and later to support the Charlatans at the O2 Academy in Leicester. Considine stated that "At first, it was raw – all we had was arrogance. We had a long way to go and we learnt our craft at all these pub gigs. We didn't expect a leg-up just because an actor is in the band."[15]
In 2016, the band released their second full-length albumAre Here to Help the Neighbourhood, recorded inRockfield Studios and produced by Bassist Chris Slusarenko ofBoston Spaceships andGuided By Voices. Considine penned the words while the band wrote the music.[citation needed]
In 2022, the band released their third albumThe Death of Gobshite Rambo.[3] Considine toldThe Guardian that "Gobshite Rambo is the name Considine gave to the darker part of his own psyche, though it might just have easily described his dad, who died in 2006".[3]
Their music is released under Clinical Finish Records, a label co-owned by Considine and Chris Baldwin, and distributed by Genepool.[32]
Considine remains private in his personal life and once said if he ever became a celebrity, he would "disappear and go and make shoes likeDaniel Day-Lewis" (a reference to Day-Lewis' sabbatical working as ashoemaker in Italy).[34] In 2002, Considine married Shelley Insley, with whom he has been in a relationship since he was 18.[3] They have three children. Considine still lives in his home town ofBurton upon Trent with his family.[10][2]
In April 2011, then in his 30s, Considine revealed that he had been diagnosed withAsperger syndrome.[35][36][2] He also has claimed to haveIrlen Syndrome, a likely pseudoscientific condition involving difficulty processing light.[2]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | A Room for Romeo Brass | Morell | |
| 2000 | Last Resort | Alfie | |
| Born Romantic | Ray | ||
| 2001 | Happy Now? | Glen Marcus | |
| The Martins | Hatfield Recorder Editor | ||
| 2002 | 24 Hour Party People | Rob Gretton | |
| Close Your Eyes | Elliot Spruggs | ||
| My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117 | Him | Short film | |
| Bouncer | Knife Man | Short film | |
| 2003 | In America | Johnny | |
| 2004 | Dead Man's Shoes | Richard | Also writer |
| My Summer of Love | Phil | ||
| 2005 | Cinderella Man | Mike Wilson | |
| Stoned | Frank Thorogood | ||
| 2006 | Bosque de Sombras | Norman | |
| Pu-239 | Timofey Berezin | ||
| This Is England | — | Uncredited writer | |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | DS Andy Wainwright | |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | Simon Ross | ||
| Dog Altogether | — | Short film; writer and director | |
| 2009 | The Cry of the Owl | Robert Forrester | |
| Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee | Le Donk | ||
| 2010 | Submarine | Graham T. Purvis | |
| 2011 | Blitz | Sgt. Porter Nash | |
| Tyrannosaur | — | Writer and director | |
| 2012 | Girl on a Bicycle | Derek | |
| The Bourne Legacy | Simon Ross | Uncredited; archive footage | |
| Now Is Good | Father | ||
| 2013 | The World's End | Steven Prince[37] | |
| The Double | Jack as PT Kommander | Uncredited[38] | |
| 2014 | Honour | Bounty Hunter[39] | |
| Pride | Dai Donovan | ||
| 2015 | Child 44 | Vladimir Malevich | |
| Miss You Already | Jago | ||
| Macbeth | Banquo | ||
| 2016 | The Girl with All the Gifts | Sergeant Eddie Parks | |
| 2017 | The Death of Stalin | Comrade Andreyev | |
| Journeyman | Matty Burton | Writer and director | |
| Funny Cow | Angus | ||
| 2019 | How to Build a Girl | Pat Morrigan | |
| 2021 | Wolf | The Zookeeper | |
| 2025 | Deep Cover | Fly | |
| Heads of State | Viktor Gradov | ||
| TBA | Wife & Dog | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | My Zinc Bed | Paul Peplow | Television film |
| Pu-239 | Timofey Berezin | ||
| 2009 | Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 | Peter Hunter | |
| 2011 | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House | Detective Inspector Jack Whicher | |
| 2013 | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane | ||
| 2014 | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Beyond the Pale | ||
| The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: 'Til Death Do Us Part | |||
| 2016 | Peaky Blinders | Father John Hughes | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Informer | Gabe Waters | Miniseries[40] |
| 2020 | The Outsider | Claude Bolton / The Outsider | Miniseries; 10 episodes |
| The Third Day | Mr. Martin | Miniseries; 6 episodes | |
| 2022–2024 | House of the Dragon | Viserys I Targaryen | Main role (season 1) Guest role (season 2); 10 episodes |
| 2025 | Small Town, Big Story | Seamus Proctor | Miniseries; main role; 6 episodes |
| MobLand | Kevin Harrigan | Miniseries; Main role[41] | |
| TBA | Untitled Charlie Brooker Project† | In Production[42] |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Ferryman | Quinn Carney | Royal Court Theatre andGielgud Theatre, London |
| 2018 | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York |
| Year | Artist | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Coldplay | "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" | |
| 2003 | Moloko | "Familiar Feeling" | |
| 2006 | Arctic Monkeys | "Leave Before the Lights Come On" | Also writer |
| Year | Group | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Thessaloniki Film Festival Award | Best Actor (tied with Misel Maticevic) | Last Resort | Won |
| 2003 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Actor | In America | Nominated |
| 2004 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Actor | Dead Man's Shoes | Nominated |
| Best Screenplay (shared with Shane Meadows) | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor/Actress | My Summer of Love | Nominated | ||
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | ALFS Award – British Actor of the Year | In America | Nominated | |
| Golden Satellite Award | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Nominated | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated | ||
| 2005 | Empire Awards | Best British Actor | Dead Man's Shoes | Won |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | Best Actor | Won | ||
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | ALFS Award – British Actor of the Year | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | British Independent Film Award | Best Actor | In America | Nominated |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | ALFS Award – British Supporting Actor of the Year | Cinderella Man | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Venice Film Festival Award | Silver Lion – Best Short Film | Dog Altogether | Won |
| British Independent Film Award | Best British Short Film | Won | ||
| Seattle International Film Festival Award | Special Jury Prize, Narrative | Won | ||
| Edinburgh International Film Festival Award | Best British Short Film | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | BAFTA Awards | Best Short Film | Won | |
| 2011 | Sundance International Film Festival Award | The World Cinema Award for Directing: Dramatic | Tyrannosaur | Won |
| Nantucket Film Festival Award | Best Writer/Director | Won | ||
| Munich Film Festival | CineVision Award Outstanding Debut Feature | Won | ||
| Voices Festival of independent European Cinema | Voices Festival Prize: Best Film | Won | ||
| Dinard British Film Festival France | The Golden Hitchcock: Grand Jury Prize/Ciné+ Award | Won | ||
| TheAllianz Award: Best Screenplay | Won | |||
| Zagreb Film Festival Croatia | T-Com Audience Award: Best Film | Won | ||
| Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece | Fischer Audience Award (For a film in the Open Horizons section) | Won | ||
| Mar del Plata Film Festival | Jury Special Award | Won | ||
| Silver Astor for Best Screenplay | Won | |||
| Argentine Film Critics Association ACCA Award | Won | |||
| SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication) Award | Nominated | |||
| Stockholm Film Festival | Best First Feature | Won | ||
| British Independent Film Awards | Best British Independent Film | Won | ||
| Best Director | Nominated | |||
| The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) | Won | |||
| Best Achievement in Production | Nominated | |||
| International Press AcademySatellite Awards | Best Screenplay: Original | Nominated | ||
| Best First Feature | Won | |||
| 2012 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best International Film | Nominated | |
| The Guardian First Film Award | Best First Film | Nominated | ||
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | TheVirgin Atlantic Award – Breakthrough British Film-Maker | Nominated | ||
| British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) | Outstanding debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer | Won | ||
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | Best Film | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| JamesonEmpire Awards | Best British Film | Nominated | ||
| Bucharest International Film Festival | Best Film | Won | ||
| Critics' Choice Award | Won | |||
| Transilvania International Film Festival | FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Award | Won | ||
| Writers' Guild of Great Britain | Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Actor | Journeyman | Nominated |
| 2018 | Olivier Awards | Best Actor | The Ferryman | Nominated |
| 2019 | Tony Award | Best Actor in a Play | Nominated | |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Nominated |
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